(Soon the new version will be also available on the GAP Homepage,
but this may take some time.)

Compared to version 1.0 of the package,
mainly the following has changed.

- Extensions of the database by private data are now supported.
- As an alternative to `perl', `wget' is also supported for data transfers.
- GAP 4.3 features are used, which speeds up data conversion.
- Additional information is now available via the internet.

Any comments about the package are very welcome.
If you have problems with the package or if you want to suggest
improvements then please write to